Catholic Lay Leadership

April 19, 1986|By Compiled from Sentinel services by John Gholdston.

In dealing with a growing shortage of Roman Catholic priests, a majority of U.S. Catholics believes it is more important for the church to develop good lay leadership than to recruit more priests, results of a survey found. Sociologist Dean Hoge of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., said the study found that 54 percent of Catholic adults hold that view.